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Extant: 5 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
Camponotus maculatus. Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa; 23 May 2016. Photos and collections by Philip Herbst
Sketch of minor worker of the Spotted sugar ant ©2020 by Peter Slingsby, from specimens collected at Kleinmond
Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 29-31, (download) | 29-31 | 6734 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1886, Études myrmécologiques en 1886., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 30, pp. 131-215: 19, (download) | 19 | 3923 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 23-27, (download) | 23-27 | 6734 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1891, Histoire naturelle des Hymenopteres. Deuxieme partie: Les Formicides., Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar., Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, pp. 1-231: 213, (download) | 213 | 6734 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1907, Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika., Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika (Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgeführt von Professor Dr. Alfred, pp. 75-92: 88, (download) | 88 | 8171 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1907, Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika., Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika (Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgeführt von Professor Dr. Alfred, pp. 75-92: 88, (download) | 88 | 8171 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 654-655, (download) | 654-655 | 4445 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Emery, C., 1895, Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3 e mémoire. Formicides., Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64, pp. 15-56: 32, (download) | 32 | 3788 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Emery, C., 1877, Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte prima. Formiche provenienti dall Viaggio dei signori Antinori, Beccari e Issel nel Mar Rosso e nel paese de, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) 9, pp. 363-381: -1, (download) | -1 | 3735 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1892, Liste der aus dem Somaliland von Hrn. Prof. Dr. Conr. Keller aus der Expedition des Prinzen Ruspoli im August und September 1891 zurà ¼ ckgebrachten Ameisen., Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 8, pp. 349-354: 349, (download) | 349 | 3934 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Alipanah, H., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran., Myrmecologische Nachrichten 11, pp. 151-159: 154-159, (download) | 154-159 | 21820 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Forel, A., 1886, Études myrmécologiques en 1886., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 30, pp. 131-215: 13, (download) | 13 | 3923 | ||
Camponotus maculatus | Mayr, G., 1893, Formiciden von Herrn Dr. Fr. Stuhlmann in Ost-Afrika gesammelt., Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 10, pp. 193-201: 3, (download) | 3 | 4386 |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 71 times found in Tropical Forest, 27 times found in urban/garden, 13 times found in urban garden, 14 times found in Savanna, 8 times found in dry forest, 3 times found in coastal thicket, 9 times found in rainforest, 11 times found in Savannah, 8 times found in coastal scrub, 6 times found in coastal scrub, mangrove, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 29 times ex rotten log, 17 times under stone, 22 times ground forager(s), 4 times ex rot pocket above ground, 6 times under rotten log, 5 times Foraging on ground, 6 times ground nest, 3 times ex rotting tree stump, 4 times on low vegetation, 3 times ex dead branch above ground, 1 times in the soil,under rock. A few hundred ants in the nest, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 78 times Malaise, 46 times Hand, 29 times Turning over rocks, 20 times Pitfall trap, 19 times Pitfall, 10 times By hand, 5 times Malaise trap, 4 times Hand collected, 6 times Dead wood, 4 times Nest, 5 times Light Trap, ...
Elevations: collected from 1 - 1870 meters, 474 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1887-10-01 00:00:00.0 and 2021-10-27 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Lectotype of Camponotus cemeryi: casent0101103; Lectotype of Camponotus hova: casent0101908; Lectotype of Camponotus hova maculatoides: casent0101095; Lectotype of Camponotus hova obscuratus: casent0101110; Lectotype of Camponotus maculatus fairmairei: casent0101102; Lectotype of Camponotus radamae: casent0104639; Lectotype of Camponotus radamae hovoides: casent0101421; paralectotype of Camponotus becki: casent0101100; paralectotype of Camponotus cemeryi: casent0101104; paralectotype of Camponotus hova obscuratus: casent0101109; paralectotype of Camponotus hovahovoides: casent0101851; paralectotype of Camponotus radamae: casent0101426, casent0101427; paralectotype of Camponotus radamae hovoides: casent0101412, casent0101429; paratype of Camponotus rubripes hagensii: casent0104633; Syntype: sam-ent-011990, sam-hym-c001912; syntype of Camponotus ballioni boera: focol2367, focol2368, casent0913695; syntype of Camponotus liengmei: casent0910060, casent0910061; syntype of Camponotus maculatus cleon: focol2406, focol2407, focol2408; syntype of Camponotus maculatus foveolatus: focol2907, focol2908, focol2909; syntype of Camponotus maculatus madecassa: casent0905276, casent0905277; syntype of Camponotus maculatus melanocnemis: casent0917148; syntype of Camponotus maculatus occipitalis: focol2438, focol2439, focol2440, focol2441; syntype of Camponotus maculatus atramentarius: casent0910069; syntype of Camponotus maculatus ballioni: casent0910053, casent0910054; syntype of Camponotus maculatus cluisoides: casent0910049, casent0910050; syntype of Camponotus maculatus conakryensis: casent0905266, casent0905267; syntype of Camponotus maculatus flavominor: casent0911980, casent0911981; syntype of Camponotus maculatus hannae: casent0903515, casent0911982, casent0911983; syntype of Camponotus maculatus hieroglyphicus: casent0911984, casent0911985; syntype of Camponotus maculatus intonsus: casent0905272, casent0905273; syntype of Camponotus maculatus liocnemis: casent0905278, casent0905279; syntype of Camponotus maculatus lohieri: casent0911986, casent0911987; syntype of Camponotus maculatus manzer: casent0910056, casent0910057; syntype of Camponotus maculatus mathildae: casent0910065, casent0910066; syntype of Camponotus maculatus melanocnemis: casent0911988; syntype of Camponotus maculatus sarmentus: casent0905270, casent0905271; syntype of Camponotus maculatus schereri: casent0910067, casent0910068; syntype of Camponotus maculatus schultzei: casent0910051, casent0910052; syntype of Camponotus maculatus tuckeri: casent0911993, casent0911994; syntype of Camponotus maculatus zumpti: casent0911995, casent0911996; syntype of Camponotus maculatus cavallus: casent0911972, casent0911973; syntype of Camponotus maculatus flavifemur: casent0903514; syntype of Camponotus maculatus miserabilis: casent0911997; syntype of Camponotus maculatus thomensis: casent0911991, casent0911992; syntype of Camponotus maculatus tuckeri: casent0903513; syntype of Formica cognata: casent0903511; syntype of Formica lacteipennis: casent0903512; type of Camponotus hova obscuratus: casent0104640, casent0104641; type of Camponotus maculatus cavallus: focol2365, focol2366; type of Camponotus maculatus schereri: focol0560, focol0561; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus atramentarius cluis: casent0905274, casent0910070, casent0910071; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus atramentarius femoralis: casent0911966, casent0911967; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus ballioni boera: casent0917147; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus cognatus boera: focol2945, focol2946, casent0910055; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus hova laticollus: casent0104637, casent0104638; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus liengmei hansingi: casent0910062; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus liengmei importunoides: casent0910063, casent0910064; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus manzer contaminatus: casent0911976, casent0911977; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus mathildae semispicatus: casent0911989, casent0911990; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus melanocnemis lohieri: casent0905268, casent0905269; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus radamae obscuratus: focol2361, focol2362, focol2363, focol2364, focol2384, focol2385; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus radamoides calceatus: casent0911968, casent0911969; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus radamoides cataractae: casent0911970, casent0911971; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus radamoides citinus: casent0911974, casent0911975; Type of unavailable quadrinomial: Camponotus maculatus radamoides diffusus: casent0911978, casent0911979; Type of unpublished name: Camponotus maculatus variegatipes: casent0905275